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Deep Cut Friday: ‘Footsteps’ by Pearl Jam - SPIN
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Deep Cut Friday: ‘Footsteps’ by Pearl Jam - SPIN

SPIN·Al Shipley·18 days ago
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Deep Cut Friday The song that didn’t make it onto ‘Ten’ from the demo tape that brought Eddie Vedder and his future bandmates together Pearl Jam in concert on July 17, 1991. (Credit: Steve Eichner/WireImage) Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Eddie Vedder didn’t just make a demo tape to get his life-changing gig as Pearl Jam’s lead singer. He made an entire rock opera in the style of one of his heroes, the Who’s Pete Townshend. After the 1990 death of Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament started putting together a new band and recording Gossard’s latest riffs in Seattle. The cassette labeled Stone Gossard Demos ’91 found its way to Vedder in San Diego via a mutual friend, former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons.…

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